The Snow Boy Comes from His Home in the Frozen North, to Whiten the Wilderness with His Snow Flakes, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians

Robert Riggs, The Snow Boy Comes from His Home in the Frozen North, to Whiten the Wilderness with His Snow Flakes, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.6
Robert Riggs, The Snow Boy Comes from His Home in the Frozen North, to Whiten the Wilderness with His Snow Flakes, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, sheet: 21 7⁄8 x 27 3⁄4 in. (55.5 x 70.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.6

Artwork Details

Title
The Snow Boy Comes from His Home in the Frozen North, to Whiten the Wilderness with His Snow Flakes, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians
Artist
Date
ca. 1966
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 21 7⁄8 x 27 3⁄4 in. (55.5 x 70.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Desind
Mediums
Mediums Description
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian — Lenape
  • Figure male — child — head
  • Landscape — weather — snow
  • Mythology — other — American Indian
Object Number
1986.91.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.91.6

Works by this artist (16 items)

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Robert Riggs, The Boy-Bear's Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent, Wearing Sacred Wampum Back to Their Natural Home, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.4
The Boy-Bear’s Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent,…
Artist
Dateca. 1966
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
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Robert Riggs, The World Being Flooded Refuge Was Found on an Island--In Truth, the Shell of the Great Spirit-Turtle, Thereinafter Deeply Revered, from the seriesLegends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.8
The World Being Flooded Refuge Was Found on an Island – In…
Artist
Dateca. 1966
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Not on view
Robert Riggs, Pool, ca. 1933, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Emilio Sanchez, 1992.19.3
Pool
Artist
Dateca. 1933
lithograph
Not on view
Robert Riggs, When a Boy Was 12, He Was Sent, Alone, Into the Wilderness. There Would Come to Him, There, the Spirit-Forces of the World He Lived In., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.2
When a Boy Was 12, He Was Sent, Alone, Into the Wilderness…
Artist
Dateca. 1966
graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Not on view

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Artist
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